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#A69E9F

#a69e9f ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a69e9f is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 61.96% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.82% magenta, 4.22% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 352.5°, with 4.3% saturation and 63.53% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.03.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3506

Complementary

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #9ea6a5

Split complementary

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #9ea6a1
  3. #9ea3a6

Analogous

  1. #a69ea3
  2. #a69e9f
  3. #a6a19e

Triadic

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #9fa69e
  3. #9e9fa6

Tetradic

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #a6a59e
  3. #9ea6a5
  4. #9e9fa6

Square

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #a3a69e
  3. #9ea6a5
  4. #a19ea6

Monochromatic

  1. #595253
  2. #817678
  3. #a69e9f
  4. #cbc6c6
  5. #efeeee

Shades

#a69e9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #958e8f
  3. #857e7f
  4. #746f6f
  5. #645f5f
  6. #534f50
  7. #423f40
  8. #322f30
  9. #212020
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69e9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #afa8a9
  3. #b8b1b2
  4. #c1bbbc
  5. #cac5c5
  6. #d3cfcf
  7. #dbd8d9
  8. #e4e2e2
  9. #edecec
  10. #f6f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69e9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69e9f
  2. #a29b9c
  3. #9e9899
  4. #9b9596
  5. #979293
  6. #938f90
  7. #8f8c8c
  8. #8b8989
  9. #888686
  10. #848383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29f9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9f9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a09f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a89d9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a29f9f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a39f9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a79e9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69e9f {
  color: #a69e9f;
}
Background
.bg-a69e9f {
  background-color: #a69e9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69e9f {
  border: 2px solid #a69e9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69e9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 158 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 4% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69e9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69e9f, #a6a19e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69e9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 158 159 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.03 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.03 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.83 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.54 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.58 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.96 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.57 #596160 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a69e9f  rgb(166, 158, 159)  hsl(353, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9ea6a5  rgb(158, 166, 165)  hsl(173, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9fa69e  rgb(159, 166, 158)  hsl(113, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9e9fa6  rgb(158, 159, 166)  hsl(233, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray